HarryDemeanor
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Calling it now:
He's starting a new mobile games studio.
He's starting a new mobile games studio.
chart the next stage of his career.
Surely that is some sort of monopoly
http://epicgames.com/community/2012/10/cliff-bleszinski-departs-epic/
Today we are saying farewell with warm regards to Cliff Bleszinski, who is departing as Epic’s design director to chart the next stage of his career. During the past two decades, Cliff has helped shape many successful games that have captured the imaginations of millions of players around the world. We are grateful for his influence on Epic’s legacy, from the wild adventures “Jazz Jackrabbit” to the visceral combat of “Gears of War.”
Said Tim Sweeney, Epic’s founder, CEO and technical director, “In 20 wonderful years with Epic, Cliff Bleszinski has grown into a true design luminary, and his contributions to the ‘Unreal’ and ‘Gears’ series have helped shape the game industry into what it is today. Cliff leaves Epic with our gratitude for his many contributions, and our wishes for continued success in the next chapter of his life!”
“In my 10 years of working with Cliff, his passion for creating video games of the highest quality has been unflinching. We are grateful for all of his hard work, and remain committed to making our fans happy and to always raising the bar in everything we do at Epic,” said Epic Games President Dr. Michael Capps.
“Cliff has been my friend and business associate for the past 20 years and, while it is sad to see him move on from Epic, I know that everyone here has benefitted greatly from his passion for gaming and the depth of his expertise and experience,” said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic. “I’ll miss watching his star shine from such a close vantage point but I’ll still look forward to watching his continued success.”
We would also like to share an excerpt from Cliff’s personal note to his colleagues:
I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager, and outside of my sabbatical last year, I have been going non-stop. I literally grew up in this business, as Mike likes to say. And now that I’m grown up, it’s time for a much needed break.
I will miss the projects, the playtests, the debates, and most importantly, the people. Epic only hires the best of the best, and it has been a joy working with each and every one of you on a daily basis, whether you were hired weeks ago or decades ago. I have been fortunate enough to collaborate with a variety of disciplines, from code to art to marketing and PR – it’s been one big, rewarding learning experience. I’m confident that each project that is being built, whether at Epic, Chair, PCF, or Impossible will be top notch and will please gamers and critics alike.
We wish Cliff the best with his future endeavors. You can, too, via @therealcliffyb on Twitter.
My guess - CliffyB to EA.
Calling it now:
He's starting a new mobile games studio.
Who is going to make thick necked dude bro shooters now?
jk
Still waiting a a followup to this gens best Epic game, Unreal Tournament 3.
People who fly.
Horde Mode is the best thing to come out of multiplayer game design in... forever, more or less.He had nothing to do there obviously, unreal was a doom clone and GOW was an avreage western pimp shooter. (imo)
EPIC is just a mainstream development tool service now.
The fact that I totally dislike the idea of how development tools work and how stuff is made in editor, makes this company as good as non-existant to me, their only influence is well ... making different headlines in gaming news, thanks to their popularity, which you know it means nothing until you count other facors.
Good luck anyways.
Don't think he's that stupid.Calling it now:
He's starting a new mobile games studio.
Calling it now:
He's starting a new mobile games studio.
I think they all left after he told them what he was going to do. And Fergusson too.I wonder if he's not doing something with those guys that left PCF a few weeks back.
Which would cause a bigger meltdown: Nintendo or iOS?
some quotes from his recent ama:
I hope he stops making games, or drops the macho manchild shtick.
He had nothing to do there obviously, unreal was a doom clone and GOW was an avreage western pimp shooter. (imo)
EPIC is just a mainstream development tool service now.
The fact that I totally dislike the idea of how development tools work and how stuff is made in editor, makes this company as good as non-existant to me, their only influence is well ... making different headlines in gaming news, thanks to their popularity, which you know it means nothing until you count other facors.
Good luck anyways.
They're making the new gears...Doubt it.
He always seemed real bummed out that Bulletstorm didn't do as well as it did. He seemed to really like it a lot, on a personal level.
They're making the new gears...
Cliffy going to Valve would be god tier.
I barely follow games anymore and I'm not surprised at all he left....
Ever since he said this:
Here: http://www.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=473890
I knew some some shit was gonna go down. That statement seemed very odd to me. I took it as public contract negotiating.
was watching him on bonus round recently and he was saying for next gen he wants to see it become much easier to throw out smaller, dd only games on the consoles, like you can on PC without the $40k patches - i guess he's done with the $60 boxed games